Flexischooling that works
At Finding the Flex, we broaden children’s opportunities by partnering with local authorities and schools to meet the growing need for educational flexibility.
Our innovative, positive and pragmatic approach combines the lived experiences of families and professionals to help develop policies that prioritise children’s educational wellbeing.
How we work with professionals
If you are a local authority, academy trust or school, we can save you the time and effort it would take to develop your flexischooling policy.
We offer a range of services that enable you to strengthen inclusion, ensuring more children receive a full education by:
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addressing the needs of neurodivergent children and those with a SEND profile
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utilising flexischooling as a positive and pre-emptive EBSNA intervention
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reducing the numbers of children being de-registered from school
How we work with families
If you are a parent or carer, we can support you in understanding if flexischooling is the right choice for your family.
We offer:
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free, downloadable information leaflets for parents and carers
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webinars to address your questions about flexischooling
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signposting to helpful online groups for parents and carers
Current challenges
Family involvement
More families are seeking greater involvement in their children’s education and schools with strong home-school relationships are increasingly desirable. Flexischooling is the mechanism that allows schools and families to work together on co-created agreements in the best interests of all concerned.
Failing children with SEND
Mainstream schools are sometimes unable to meet the needs of children with SEND. Flexischooling is proven to strengthen inclusion, leading to a better school-home balance and improved patterns of attendance, but flexischooling requests are usually turned down by schools.
Growing unhappiness
Too many of our children are saying that school is the source of their unhappiness and part time schooling is already happening for the large numbers of children who have stopped attending. Flexischooling arrangements are positive and indefinite, allowing children at risk of EBSNA or persistent absence access to 100% education.
De-registrations
Desperately anxious children forced to attend school are not learning and telling them they must can make things worse. Flexischooling can make the difference between keeping a child safe, in sight and on roll at school and being reluctantly de-registered entirely by parents/carers who feel they have no other option.
Lack of options
Families, school staff and other professional often feel they don’t have enough options in the toolkit to ensure children are thriving in education. Flexischooling is the future: a pragmatic, child centred, low-cost option for all the adults with a duty of care for children.
At Finding the Flex we are bridging the gap between the needs of individual families, developing workable policies and designing bespoke schooling arrangements that make all kinds of sense for children, families and education professionals.
Did you know...
20.7%
of UK school children missed more than 10% of their schooling last year
50%
of 15-16 year olds see school
as something to
‘get through’
In 2024
the Children's Society found more children are unhappy with school than ANY other area of their life
Contact
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